But it's not all sunshines and rainbows and therefore the mother of 1 of the contestants has waded in on Paola Torrente's curves.

It's been reported that the mother of the girl WHO took third place in Miss italy 2016, Viviana Vogliacco, said 'anybody WHO has a size fourteen should participate in the plus Size Miss italy contest'.

However the jury obviously disagreed and said that it had been a choice that they hope showed that Miss italy was ready to push the boundaries of what was regarded as the normal plan of beauty.The organiser of the contest, Patrizia Mirigliani, said: "Stop stereotypes, what we would like is a lot of female models and closer to people."

She added that the popularity of curvy ladies was a social initiative to combat anorexia and loud that to win this fight it had been important to own the support of the fashion industry.In AN interview when the contest, Paola said that despite being the runner-up she felt as she was the winner and thanked everyone for his or her support.

Thankfully that hasn't stopped Paola's fans waxing lyrical regarding their love for the beauty on social media.